Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Dirghakila [दीर्घकील] in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Alangium salviifolium (L.f.) Wangerin from the Cornaceae (Dogwood) family. For the possible medicinal usage of dirghakila, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Dirghakila in India is the name of a plant defined with Alangium salviifolium in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Grewia salviifolia L.f. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Journal of Medicinal Plant Research (Suppl.) (1980)
· Fitoterapia (2002)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· The Flora of British India (1879)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1783)
· Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health. (2002)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Dirghakila, for example extract dosage, pregnancy safety, health benefits, chemical composition, side effects, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dīrghakīla (दीर्घकील).—m.

(-laḥ) A tree, (Alangium hexapetalum.) E. dīrgha long, kīla a stem or stake; also with kan dīrghakīlaka .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dīrghakīla (दीर्घकील):—[=dīrgha-kīla] [from dīrgha] m. ‘l°-stemmed’, Alangium Hexapetalum (= aṅkoṭa), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] =

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dīrghakīla (दीर्घकील):—[dīrgha-kīla] (laḥ) 1. m. A tree (Alangium hexapetalum).

[Sanskrit to German]

Dirghakila in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Dirgha, Kila.

Starts with: Dirghakilaka, Dirghakilakah.

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